Plumtree trains

Plumtree

Some pictures of trains at Plumtree station and between Plumtree and Stanton Tunnel.

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	A Stanier Black 5 on a special departs for the south in the early 1960's Note the train spotters! The photo appears to have been taken from the bottom the the signalbox steps Noel Ingram		The Up 'Waverley ' Express is pictured between Plumtree and Stanton hauled by Stanier Jubilee Class 4-6-0 No: 45564 'New South Wales'. T G Hepburn - Rail Archive Stephenson
	A Nottingham based Stanier Black 5 No: 44861 on an Up train prepares to leave Plumtree station. T G Hepburn - Rail Archive Stephenson		Ex-Western Region Britannia Class No: 70017 'Arrow ' has just passed Plumtree Station heading the Up 'Waverley' towards Stanton Tunnel on June 8th 1952. T G Hepburn, Rail Archive Stephenson
	A Class 8F hauls a northbound iron ore train out of Stanton Tunnel towards Plumtree in May 1964 Unknown		In the early days of British Railways Stanier Jubilee 4-6-0 No: 45555 'Quebec' lays a smoke screen across the Nottinghamshire countryside as it approaches Plumtree with a Nottingham bound express.T G Hepburn - Rail Archive Stephenson
	An unidentified 4-4-0 Compound heads south between Plumtree and Stanton Tunnel in the 1930's T G Hepburn - Rail Archive Stephenson		In BR days, but with LMS on the tender, a Fowler 4F 0-6-0 returns a Great Yarmouth holiday special to Nottingham in 1948, and is pictured between Stanton Tunnel and Plumtree near 117½ MP. T G Hepburn - Rail Archive Stephenson
	70017 'Arrow' again pictured heading south with Plumtree station in the background - sometime in the early 1950's T G Hepburn - Rail Archive Stephenson		A local Melton to Nottingham, departs Plumtree in the 1950's T G Hepburn - Rail Archive Stephenson
	Two class 25's head south through Plumtree on 29th June 1966, photographed from the door of the signalbox. Note the trolleybuses in the station grounds - look here for some pictures of the embryo museum now based at Sandcroft near Doncaster Noel Ingram		Test Car Iris is pictured inside Stanton Tunnel whilst conducting a radio survey into 'Leaky feeder' cables in the mid-1970's Author's collection
	Iris emerges into the light at the south end of Stanton Tunnel Author's collection		In the late 1980's 90 001 rounds the curve at 117½ MP at the end of an aerodynamic pantograph tuning run. The locomotive and two coaches were propelled by a class 47 locomotive. Derek Young
	Amey's compact tamper DR 73911 on test near Plumtree in 1999 Author		In November 1999 Coradia unit 175 002 heads through the curves south of Plumtree on a test run Author
	175 002 passes the former Plumtree station heading north towards the Edwalton end of the test track in November 1999. Vernon Roberts Note that the electricity pylon is still there.		On 16^th July 2001, a Class 390 'Pendolino' heads north through the curves, heading for Plumtree, with the A606 Nottingham to Melton road in the background. Andrew Royle
	An unidentified Class 390 'Pendolino' set heads away from the end of the electrification at Plumtree towards Asfordby past the goods shed in early September 2003. This has now been converted into a function venue for weddings etc. Have a look here for a few pictures Andrew Royle		Class 31 with Serco test train heads south past Plumtree on 25th January 2006 Laurence Sly
	UTU4 top'n'tailed by 37606 and 37612 passes over Bradmore Lane at Plumtree on Thursday 8th March 2007 Andrew Royle

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